A moonlit night, a dreamlike scene; a spring breeze, ten miles of tender feelings.
After all, Zhou Ziqiong was just an ordinary girl, and tonight was her first night.
Jing Zhe opened his eyes when the first rays of morning sunlight streamed into the room through the window.
He thought he would sleep for a long time, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Zhou Ziqiong's beautiful, gentle eyes.
"Sixth Sister, why are you awake so early?"
Zhou Ziqiong looked at Jing Zhe and said gently, "After I leave tomorrow, I don't know how long it will be before I see you again. I want to see you more often."
"..."
These were undoubtedly the best words of love. Jing Zhe was deeply moved after hearing them, and even had the idea of no longer caring about anything else and choosing a secluded paradise to live a carefree life with his women.
He reached out and stroked Zhou Ziqiong's face. "Sixth Sister, once I come back this time and finish dealing with Prince Jin's matter, I will never leave you again. I'll let you see me every day, okay?"
"You said it yourself, you can't lie to me."
"Hmm, why would I lie to Sixth Sister?"
Zhou Ziqiong pursed her lips upon hearing this: "When you were little, you said you'd shake a tree full of osmanthus blossoms for me when you grew up, but I haven't seen it yet!"
Jing Zhe grinned: "Sixth Sister, I'd like to shake a tree full of osmanthus blossoms for you, but even if I break the tree, I still won't get any blossoms down!"
"Pfft~"
It's winter now, and the osmanthus tree has long since withered. There's nothing left but the bare trunk, so where would the osmanthus flowers come from?
Zhou Ziqiong couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.
After laughing, she looked at Jing Zhe and said seriously, "Zhe'er, how do you usually address your second sister? Do you just call her second sister?"
Jing Zhe nodded: "Yes, what else should we call her if not Second Sister?"
Zhou Ziqiong didn't answer, but continued to ask, "You... after this... did you call it that too?"
Which one?
Jing Zhe asked deliberately.
"It's...this...this one..."
Zhou Ziqiong's face was flushed, making her look alluring and adorable.
Jing Zhe decided to tease her, and said, "Is what Sixth Sister said related?"
"..."
Zhou Ziqiong tried to pull her hand back, but Jing Zhe's strength was too great, and she couldn't move it.
Looking at Jing Zhe's mischievous grin, Zhou Ziqiong knew perfectly well that he was deliberately teasing her.
With a quick glance, he stopped trying to pull his hand back.
Ouch!
"Sixth Sister, what are you doing?"
"Who told you to do this?"
"If I'm being naughty, why are you flicking me?"
Zhou Ziqiong glanced at him.
Jing Zhe laughed and said, "Would that be considered mischief? I remember Sixth Sister was so protective of her last night, how come now—"
"Don't tell!"
Zhou Ziqiong's face flushed crimson, and she quickly covered Jing Zhe's mouth with her hand, changing the subject: "I'm talking about serious matters, don't cause trouble here! After you two slept together, you still called me 'Second Sister'?"
Although it sounded awkward, Jing Zhe understood what she meant and said, "After we shared a room, I called Second Sister Xin'er, but Second Sister was afraid that it would be bad if others heard, so she asked me to continue calling her Second Sister."
"So what does your second sister call you? Is it still Zhe'er?"
"yes!"
Jing Zhe looked at Zhou Ziqiong with some curiosity.
Then I saw her grin and say, "Husband!"
"..."
Jing Zhe was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, Zhou Ziqiong continued, "Husband, husband..."
It sounded like a murmur, yet also like a call.
"Sixth Sister..."
"Call me wife."
"..."
Jing Zhe only reacted for half a second before quickly saying, "Wife!"
"Um…"
Hearing this address, Zhou Ziqiong seemed to gain immense satisfaction, her face beaming with a happy smile. She then hugged Jing Zhe and pressed her face against his chest.
Then she murmured softly, "When we were little, you said you would marry us and make us your wives. I never thought you would actually do it... Although they slept with you before I did, they must be very shy and embarrassed to call you 'husband.' In everything else, I lost, but here, I won. If we talk about it in the future, you must tell them that I was the first among them to call you 'husband'!"
"..."
Women are too competitive, and Jing Zhe knew who Zhou Ziqiong meant by "them"—nothing more than the other sisters. And she was right; although he had already consummated his marriage with the other three sisters, they had never called him "husband."
In this respect, Zhou Ziqiong definitely won.
"My wife is... absolutely amazing!"
Jing Zhe stared at Zhou Ziqiong for a long time before uttering these words.
Zhou Ziqiong was somewhat dissatisfied with his reaction: "What, you don't want to call me wife? Or you don't want me to call you husband?"
Although she expressed her dissatisfaction verbally, she had already wrapped her arms around Jing Zhe's neck, clearly acting coquettishly.
"How could I not want to? I'm overjoyed!"
Jing Zhe immediately denied it, saying, "I've always dreamed of making Sixth Sister my wife. Now that my dream has come true, I can hardly believe it!"
"..."
After hearing what he said, Zhou Ziqiong's eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and she smiled gently, as if to say: You're smart!
However, Jing Zhe then asked, "Wife, after we go out, should we still address each other as husband and wife?"
Zhou Ziqiong blushed and spat, "Are you stupid? Everyone knows we're siblings now. What will they think if they suddenly hear we're husband and wife? No one will care if we're related by blood then. Just the gossip will drive people crazy!"
"Oh, so you mean that in private, we should address each other as wife and husband, but in public, we should still appear as brother and sister?"
Zhou Ziqiong nodded with a smile: "That's exactly what I mean!"
"..."
Jing Zhe pursed his lips, thinking that this was no different from Zhu Xinning and Qingqiu. They cherished each other rotten in private, but in public, they did what they always did.
"Zhe'er, do you like me calling you husband?"
Zhou Ziqiong asked.
"My wife, do you like it?"
She said, "You're so bad!"
"..."
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(Both of yesterday's chapters went to the palace, how tragic...)
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